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But chief executive officer Mark Wells emails me about the claim of price exploitation. "That would go against everything we stand for. It's just not in our nature," he writes.
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| Author: | daemonknight [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop war? |
So BBC seems to set it's sights on our "beloved" 28mm grimdark minis. Warhammer 40,000 - set in a science fantasy universe - has just turned 25. Why are grown men still launching tabletop war? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17274186 |
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| Author: | Tiny-Tim [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
It's the comments people are posting that are making me laugh. |
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| Author: | CaptainSenioris [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
I wouldn't have said it put it in a bad light really, nothing like that Greek one last year that made us out to be Nazis & future serial killers. Looks like the BBC can't escape the trolls either. Also one of the comments is from Rick Priestley... |
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| Author: | Apocolocyntosis [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
Quote: But chief executive officer Mark Wells emails me about the claim of price exploitation. "That would go against everything we stand for. It's just not in our nature," he writes.
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| Author: | madd0ct0r [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
I know, first thing to make me laugh all day, that. |
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| Author: | Kyrt [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
I was having a look at GW's half-yearly accounts recently (thinking vaguely about investing), their operating profits are actually only 10% on miniature sales. I don't think that's too huge a margin if I'm honest. Those stores, design overheads etc are expensive. In fact a third of their profits came from royalties, which I was very surprised by. |
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| Author: | CyberShadow [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
You have to realise that the BBC is losing eye-balls due to the increasingly sensationalist press, but can't jump on that bandwagon as they are (technically) government funded and impartial. So, we get this instead. An article like this comes out every couple of years and the same ground is trod. Ignore it. It will go away. I did like this comment, though: Quote: "Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence." - C. S. Lewis.
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| Author: | netepic [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
Kyrt wrote: I was having a look at GW's half-yearly accounts recently (thinking vaguely about investing), their operating profits are actually only 10% on miniature sales. I don't think that's too huge a margin if I'm honest. Those stores, design overheads etc are expensive. In fact a third of their profits came from royalties, which I was very surprised by. Yeah, my Games Workshop shares have risen by over 40% in value over the years and they do pretty nice dividends too. |
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| Author: | Legion 4 [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
Well ... I like painting and organizing my Armies ... let a lone playing ... It's cheaper than golf (or maybe not ?!) and other "adult" hobbies/pass times ... And to quote Chevy Chase from "Modern Problems", "AHH HA HA !!! I Like It !!! " 
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| Author: | netepic [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
Legion 4 wrote: Well ... I like painting and organizing my Armies ... let a lone playing ... It's cheaper than golf (or maybe not ?!) and other "adult" hobbies/pass times ... I'm screwed. Last week I sampled all three of the above entertainments  .People, please buy more miniatures. |
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| Author: | Legion 4 [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
[/quote] I'm screwed. Last week I sampled all three of the above entertainments .People, please buy more miniatures.[/quote] Not surprised on the first comment ... And I plan on doing the later ... 
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| Author: | Jodrell [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
At least it is revealed, Exodus Wars is actually the "Keep Tom In Golf Clubs and Strippers Fund!" |
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| Author: | vanvlak [ Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
CS quotes C.S.  Nice quote that.. |
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| Author: | CyberShadow [ Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
vanvlak wrote: CS quotes C.S. Nice quote that.. Damn, we need a like button!
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| Author: | netepic [ Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC Article: Why are grown men still launching tabletop |
Jodrell wrote: At least it is revealed, Exodus Wars is actually the "Keep Tom In Golf Clubs and Strippers Fund!" Damn. My reputation is in tatters. |
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